Improvement in lamp-pendants



THE G RPHC. C0. PHOTO 'Lmls i 4| PAR K PLACE, NN.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

FREDERICK R. SEIDENSTICKER, OF WEST ME'RIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO BRADLEY & HUBBARD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-PENDANTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,531, dated January 5, 1875; application tiled December 16, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK R. SEIDEN- STICKER, of West Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Lamp-Pendant; and I do 'hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,` to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

and which said drawings constitute part ofl this specification, and represent, in` 4Figure l a front' view, and in Fig. 2 a side view.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of the pendant used for supporting a single lamp from the ceiling, and commonly known. as harp or pendant As now usually constructed they are provided with glass or porcelain shade, resting on a ring, which is a part of the pendant, the basliet77 to receive the lamp-fount immediately below.

In order to remove and replace the fount it is necessary to first remove the shade; in doing this the shades are frequently broken.

'The object of this invention is to construct the pendant so that the necessity of removing the shade may be avoided. To this end the invention consists in hinging the lower part ofthe pendant to the upper, `so that the lower part may be turned away from its position of rest without in any way disturbing the shade.

'The design or form of the pendant is im1na terial to this invention.

A A are the two sides; B, the shade ring or rest attached to or Inade a part ofthe sides A, the shade being denoted in broken lines C, the lower part ofthe pendant, is hinged to the upper part A, at a, or other convenient point, so as to swing below and independent of the shade-rest B., On this part C the lamp-rest D is arranged in the usual, manner to support the lamp. u

' When it is desired to introduce the lampfount, turn the part C to one side, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 2; then pass the lamp up into the shade, and allow the part C to fall back to its perpendicular position; then set the lamp in place. To remove the lamp reverse the operation.

By this construction the shade is not disturbed, and all liability to break it is avoided; and the method ot' introducing the lamp is much more convenient than the usual construction.

I claim- A lamp-pendant, consisting ofthe two parts A C hinged together, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

FREDERICK R. SEIDENSTICKER.

Witnesses C. F. LnvsLEY, WM. H. AUGEE. 

